Passing gas 101: What your flatulence patterns mean for your health

Foxnews.com ^ | April 01, 2014 | By Loren Grush

[kenmcg]

Nothing like passing gas to generate laughter.

[Sherman Logan]

The two ideas are not necessarily contradictory. It is likely vegetarians produce more gas and meat-eaters produce more potent gas.

[zerosix]

My copy on line reads in the seventh paragraph, last sentence reads:
"According to Sheth, many red meats and protein contain high amounts of sulfur – so while herbivores may pass gas more often, flatus from meat eaters may smell much worse."

[Doomonyou]

Beans... beans... the musical fruit

The more you eat, the more you toot!

The more you toot, the better you feel,

So lets have beans for every meal!

[loungitude]

Just think...something that came out of his rear went up your nose!

[Qiviut]

A very prim & proper older (75) lady sent it to me which was rather surprising! :-)

[NFHale]

You know... I didn’t need that imagery...

yer KILLIN’ me....

:^)

[MileHi]

A guy I used to work with was in the grocery store with his wife. They were at the check-out and he ripped a loud one. He looked at his wife and said out loud “just look at me, they'll think I did it...”. True story. No, they aren't still married.

[hoagy62]

I’ve been known to let fly some that would peel paint.

A few years ago, my younger son, then 6 years old, was sitting at the dinner table and blew out a rather large fart. I looked at him and said “What do you say?”. Without a second’s hesitation, he replied, “That was a good one!”.

I tried to hold back...I really did...but after about 3 seconds I looked at my wife, sitting across from the table, and saw that she too was turning bright red from attempting to hold in the laugh. We both busted up laughing for about 5 minutes...as did everyone else...after which we did correct him on the PROPER response to passing gas.

[crazycatlady]

Good story.

[crazycatlady]

I know what you’re saying—beans, whole grains, cruciform vegetables. Better than being constipated, I suppose. I think your body builds up a tolerance as far as the gas is concerned. But this tolerance doesn’t seem to last long. Go a few weeks or months without beans and you have to start all over again. You can see the appeal of the high protein, bacon-and-egg type diets.

[crazycatlady]

My mother tought me to soak them before cooking, then discard the soaking water. Helps some.

[crazycatlady]

You must not have cats. Felines and wicker don’t mix.

Speaking of cats and flatulence, my Maggie is 16 and seems to like to cuddle with her butt near my face at those times of tumultuous digestion

[musicman]

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[crazycatlady]

Probably the same people who tell you you swallow 5 spiders in a lifetime or some such nonsense.

[UCANSEE2]

So... it would seem that Joey was not a very fast learner.

[trisham]

LOL!

[NorthMountain]

[GeronL]

Save the fart in a bag labeled Fresh Mountain Air and sell it in Beijing

[musicman]